📖 Definitions of "Garbage"
- 1
Food waste material of any kind.
"Garbage is collected on Tuesdays; rubbish on Fridays"
- 2
Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
"The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste."
- 3
A place or receptacle for waste material.
"He threw the newspaper into the garbage."
- 4
Nonsense; gibberish.
- 1
To eviscerate
- 1
Bad, crap, shitty
"He gave me some pretty garbage advice last night."
🔄 Synonyms of "Garbage"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| refuseverb | (transitive) To decline (a request or demand). |
| scrapsnoun | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
| food wastenoun | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Garbage"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| refusenoun | Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. |
| food wastenoun | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
| scrapsnoun | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
| litteringnoun | The dropping of litter. |
| junkyardnoun | A place where rubbish is discarded. |
| dumpnoun | A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. |
| debrisnoun | Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed. |
| landfillnoun | (countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth. |
| dustbinnoun | (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can. |
| wastebasketnoun | A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin. |
| dumpsternoun | (Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied. |
| toiletnoun | (UK, Australia, Hong Kong) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. |
| scrapnoun | (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk. |
| burialnoun | The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth. |
| binnoun | A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container. |
| basketnoun | A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. |
| bucketnoun | A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. |
| pailnoun | A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). |
| basementnoun | (architecture) A floor of a building below ground level. |
| ditchnoun | A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. |
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